You Found Me: A Story of Sky and Syd
Disclaimer: Just imagine all the fun I would have with Chris Violette if I was his boss…which I would be only if I owned Power Rangers…which I don't. I'm sure he is very glad for this.
Challenge: Power
Timeframe: After Endings, as usual.
Rain poured down over the city, drumming angrily on the towering skyscrapers.
In the rec room of the SPD headquarters, the four B-Squad rangers were participating in various activities. Z and Bridge were halfheartedly tossing a Lightball around, wishing they could be out in the fresh air.
Sky was in the corner, reading, as usual, the SPD handbook. Syd curled up next to him, scanning her horoscope from a magazine with her face plastered on its cover.
"I'm so bored," Z groaned.
"I could do your nails," offered Syd, glancing up from her magazine. The glossy pages made an angry snapping sound as she shoved it aside.
"Can it, Syd," Z demanded. Bridge flipped himself onto his hands.
"I think Boom is conducting some sort of an experiment on his new invisibility belt," Bridge announced a moment later. "We could go watch."
"There's only so many times you can watch Boom make a fool of himself before it loses all appeal," Sky muttered.
Z and Bridge trotted off anyway.
After a few moments, Sky was very aware of Syd's unwavering gaze on him.
"What?" Sky wanted to know.
"You are so mean sometimes," Syd explained. "Boom is a nice guy."
"Nice has nothing to do with it. He's a total klutz, Sydney. And like I've said before, we don't know if we'll ever have to depend on him and if we do, we don't know if he'll mess up."
Syd shook her head and went back to her magazine.
Sky and Syd Sky and Syd Sky and Syd
Several hours later, a bolt of lightning streaked down out of the iron gray thunder clouds, waking Syd with a jolt.
She sat upright, clutching Peanuts. When her breathing calmed and her heart stopped racing, she glanced over at Z's side of the room. The yellow ranger was still sound asleep.
Sydney wrapped a fuzzy bathrobe around herself and slid a pair of pink socks over her bare feet. While she was awake, she might as well get a mug of cocoa.
The power was flickering, forcing Syd to feel her way around the academy to the rec room.
The doors slid open effortlessly. Syd tiptoed inside. She knew the room's layout like the back of her hand. Her steps ginger, Syd found her way right into…something very solid. Something very solid with arms that reached out to steady her.
"Syd," came to voice from above her, "You OK?"
It was just Sky, she realized as a wave of relief washed over her. "I'm fine." Her voice was barely a whisper.
"The replicator is off, too," he informed her.
Another bolt of lightning split the clouds in two, briefly lighting the city. Sydney jumped, startled. Both rangers toppled to the ground.
"It was just lightning," Sky scoffed over a low rumble of thunder.
"I wasn't expecting it," Syd shot back, brushing herself off. With that she stormed off to the doors. They stubbornly remained shut.
"Looks like we're stuck," Sky remarked.
"You think?" The pink ranger stomped over to the couch. He joined her.
It was chilly in the rec room. Syd pulled her robe tighter around herself. She wondered fleetingly if he was cold, as all he wore was a pair of sweats and a thin T-shirt. His comments from earlier still annoyed her, but Sky was her very best friend. Even he didn't deserve to be cold.
Having the heart of gold that she did, Sky scooted closer, placing a warm hand on his arm. He was like ice.
"What in hell are you doing?" Sky demanded as Sydney seated herself on his lap and hugged him to her.
"You're cold," she replied. "And I won't hear a word of argument because I need you to keep me warm, too."
Sky rolled his eyes but didn't fight back. He drew her into his arms, carefully.
When she fell asleep about an hour later, Sky decided he was quite fond of power outages.
I feel totally blah about this challenge… don't bother to grace me with a review. #Hangs head in shame#